Lando Norris has opened up about his dealing with of media and fan feedback, as he leads the Method 1 world championship with three grands prix remaining.
Norris trailed team-mate Oscar Piastri within the 2025 standings throughout 15 consecutive rounds however has dominated the Australian over the previous six grands prix, scoring 115 factors to Piastri’s 57 in that interval.
After taking his seventh grand prix win of the season in Brazil, Norris was requested what led to his turnaround. “Simply ignore everybody that talks crap about you! Simply deal with your self,” he replied.
The feedback got here two weeks after Norris was booed on the rostrum by followers after profitable the Mexico Grand Prix.
The Briton expanded on this through the FIA’s post-race press convention, explaining he beforehand paid an excessive amount of consideration to what folks stated about him.
“There’s at all times folks on the market that attempt to convey you down somewhat bit,” Norris stated. “I suppose it’s fairly regular. However yeah, additionally, while you’re on a giant stage, there’s lots of people that speak and say issues, attempt to affect different folks to have results. Even the cheers and the not-cheers – you continue to hear it. It’s not the nicest factor.
Lando Norris, McLaren
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“However I believe it’s one thing I’ve accomplished nicely over the previous few months. I care lots about folks’s views and the way I’m portrayed and issues within the media. I most likely cared an excessive amount of – even at the start of the yr, I believe I cared an excessive amount of, and doubtless it was affecting me in not the very best methods.
“I’ve simply realized to take care of these issues higher – not by not caring, as a result of I nonetheless at all times need to have an excellent impression. I by no means need to be impolite or do these issues. However I’ll at all times attempt to make my level and say what I imagine in. That’s one of many issues I’ve realized essentially the most: simply to be true to your self, believe in your self, imagine in your self, and communicate your thoughts. So yeah, it’s extra simply conserving my head down and concentrating on myself.”
Requested if the Sao Paulo weekend felt like a turning level for him, as he now led the world championship by 24 factors, Norris performed it down.
“No,” he replied. “It simply seems like one other weekend the place I got here right here to attempt to win, to get essentially the most factors I might, and did that. I did that additionally final weekend.
“So yeah, I believe neither are turning factors. They’re simply robust outcomes, which is strictly what I would like, precisely what I am preventing for each single weekend and day by day. So simply very happy, however it’s nonetheless an extended solution to go. So no level getting too comfortable or excited simply but.”
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